Rhasidat Adeleke on her Olympic disappointment and what comes next The Irish sprinter talks about missing out on a medal in Paris, her plans for next season and why she loves what she does

Really good to chat with Rhasidat Adeleke about the highlights of a medal-filled year, the battles of body and mind being waged to win the ones that got away, and why crying on TV is an absolute no-no.

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Mayo GAA: The never-ending saga of debt and dysfunction Financial issues still eat away at the county as the football team try to defy the loss of seven players in the close season

www.thetimes.com/article/62e1...

These books might sort a Xmas present for someone. Available at all the usual online book stores if they're not in the shops, and obrien.ie.

Katie-George Dunlevy on the year that brought her to the brink After a series of crashes and injuries, the Paralympic cyclist is nominated for Sports Personality of the Year

Great to chat with Katie-George Dunlevy, surviving all sorts of horrendous obstacles to deliver one of the most remarkable sports success stories of the year.

www.thetimes.com/article/149a...

Brian Fenton: The highs and lows of a decade in blue The Dublin footballer talks about his decision to retire at 31 and the emotional toll of saying goodbye to the game he loves

An emotional chat with Brian Fenton explaining his decision to retire, the joys and demands of an all-time great career, hanging with Clifford and the Kerry boys and finding the edge that turned Dublin from era-defining team into footballing immortals.

www.thetimes.com/article/daca...

Glorious!

Episode 132: “I Can’t Help Myself” by the Four Tops A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs · Episode

You might enjoy this @carrport.bsky.social. What a group...

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Brian Fenton: The highs and lows of a decade in blue The Dublin footballer talks about his decision to retire at 31 and the emotional toll of saying goodbye to the game he loves

An emotional chat with Brian Fenton explaining his decision to retire, the joys and demands of an all-time great career, hanging with Clifford and the Kerry boys and finding the edge that turned Dublin from era-defining team into footballing immortals.

www.thetimes.com/article/daca...

The Go Games of Leaders' Debates. And they all stood I for a lovely photo as well.

Excellent stuff.

Just reminds how many I have to read. I don't like to see them all stacked up like that.

Oh God...

I would have absolutely assumed this was a common knowledge phrase with totally established roots in the language! So it's a line not many people know, with no back story, that only makes #57 in the hit parade of insults. I find all this hard to take in...

Anything that sets Mike Stock and Bob Geldof against each other, well it can't be worth it...

He was a different kind of excellent to them.

Is this the case? I can't ever recall Cillian O'Connor being described as anything but essential to Mayo. And routinely put in among the best forwards they ever had. Maybe I'm missing a trick here...

Sweet Nothin's Brenda Lee · Brenda Lee · Song · 1960

The insanely epic History of Rock Music in 500 Songs podcast (it's taken 6 yrs to reach #177)😓) threw up this gem. I only knew Rockin Around the Xmas Tree, but in the 1960s only Elvis, the Beatles and Ray Charles sold more singles in the US than Brenda Lee.
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Ouch. They could still do with him.

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